Man shoots self with new handgun

LAPORTE - Police said a LaPorte-area man accidentally shot himself in the stomach with the handgun he had just bought.

Just before 5 p.m. Saturday, LaPorte County police responded to a home on 250 South.

Janett O’hara told officers her husband just bought a .45-caliber handgun and was showing her the gun when it discharged.

Michael O’hara, 57, was taken away by ambulance with a gunshot wound to the stomach area, police said. He told police he was showing his wife how safe the gun was when he pulled the trigger and shot himself.

O’hara was back home Monday. He did not want to comment about the shooting.

Investigators ruled the shooting an accident and will not pursue charges, police said.